Yahoo and AOL Mail experienced a significant outage on Monday, December 1, 2025.,Users reported being unable to log in or send messages, with engineers working to resolve the issue.Yahoo and AOL Mail services were disrupted on Monday, December 1, 2025, affecting a large number of users who were unable to log in or send messages as engineers worked to diagnose the problem. The interruption began just before 11 a.m. ET, with Downdetector reporting a sharp increase in outage reports for both platforms. By early afternoon, complaints from Yahoo Mail users in the U.S. neared 2,000, while AOL Mail logged over 1,000 reports. Both companies acknowledged the issue on X, formerly Twitter, stating that “some users” were experiencing problems and that teams were actively investigating. User reports indicated varied issues, including complete inability to log in, slow page loading, and emails getting stuck in a “queued” status, suggesting potential server delays. The outage occurred during Cyber Monday, a peak period for online shopping and business communication that heavily relies on email. Yahoo Mail’s downtime patterns were noted to be similar to a previous widespread outage in July. Yahoo is owned by Apollo Global Management and currently operates AOL Mail under the same infrastructure. A recent deal announced that AOL is slated to be sold to Bending Spoons. Neither company provided a timeline for service restoration, advising users to monitor official updates.
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